5 years probation ordered for gun buyer in Overland Park Jewish site killings
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A southern Missouri man has been sentenced to five years of probation for purchasing one of the shotguns that a white supremacist used in a deadly attack at two Jewish sites in...
View ArticleMissouri House passes first bills of session on ethics
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Still reeling from the chaotic end of last session and the resignation of the chamber’s leader, members of the Missouri House started anew Thursday by passing four measures to...
View ArticleHouse panel takes up expansion of anti-discrimination statute
Conflicting sentiments grounded in deeply held interpretations of freedom emerged Thursday at a House committee hearing on a bill adding sexual orientation and gender identity to Kansas’ list of...
View ArticleOut & About calendar, Jan. 15-21
Items for the Out & About calendar can be submitted by email to Arts & Entertainment editor Bill Blankenship at bill.blankenship@cjonline.com. The deadline is noon Tuesday for publication...
View ArticleTCT's 'Funny Money' pays off in genuine laughs
The odds of finding something humorous about how a huge cash windfall messes up someone are a lot better in Topeka Civic Theatre & Academy’s production of “Funny Money” than they were in the...
View ArticleJam4Dan9 offers 35 acts playing 30 hours over 3 days
With nearly three dozen acts performing in 30 hours spread over three days, organizers of the ninth edition of the Jam4Dan festival suggest it is the place where cool cats should spend the Martin...
View ArticleOut & About hot tickets, Jan. 15-21
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View ArticleWal-Mart to shutter 269 stores, 9 of them in Kansas but none in Topeka
NEW YORK — Walmart is closing 269 stores, more than half of them in the U.S. and another big chunk in its challenging Brazilian market.Nine stores in Kansas are closing but none from Topeka according...
View ArticleKicker Country Stampede adds 12 acts to 2016 lineup
Chris Janson, who recently celebrated his first country chart-topping single, “Buy Me a Boat,” and Cassadee Pope, winner of the third season of NBC’s “The Voice,” are among the acts the Kicker Country...
View ArticleHundreds from across Kansas gather in Topeka to support lesbian Methodist...
As the United Methodist Church struggles with issues of homosexuality, about 150 people supporting a Kansas City-area pastor who came out to her congregation gathered in Topeka to show solidarity with...
View ArticleJudge: Kobach had no authority to encumber voting in Kansas
WICHITA — Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has no legal right to bar voters who use a federal form to register from casting ballots in local and state elections, a judge ruled Friday.VideoIcon: off
View ArticleKansas lawmakers eye change to citizen-petitioned grand jury
WICHITA — The Kansas House will vote next week whether to allow changes to the petition process that allows citizens to convene grand juries in cases where they believe prosecutors aren’t pursuing...
View ArticleMan, woman die in fiery Kansas City crash
KANSAS CITY — A man and a woman have died in a fiery crash in Kansas City, Kansas.Police said in a news release that the crash happened early Friday. The release says that the preliminary investigation...
View ArticleSign language interpreter creates access for deaf students
LAWRENCE — Kim Bates woke up Nov. 12 with sore shoulders and a sore back. Her biceps were in pain even before she’d gone to bed.The previous evening she spent two and a half hours on her feet at the...
View ArticleGen. Mick Baier: 190th Air Refueling Wing expected one in five losses in Gulf...
When the 190th Kansas Air Refueling Group deployed to fight in the Persian Gulf War, Col. Mick Baier was told to expect 20 percent casualties among tankers and crews in his command.That would equate to...
View ArticleTopeka gun show dealers dismiss Obama's executive order as fear-mongering
An executive order by President Barack Obama to close a legal loophole on gun sales was dismissed by most — but not all — vendors at a Topeka gun show Saturday.On Jan. 5, Obama announced increased...
View ArticleTeacher hired in Wichita with child porn investigation pending
GARDEN CITY - A man charged with child sex crimes was hired as a Wichita teacher last fall after a background check failed to uncover that he resigned from a southwest Kansas community college job amid...
View ArticleSpotlight shines bright on Washburn Rural High School's John Katz
WICHITA — Although 16-year-old John Katz has performed on Topeka stages since he was a young boy, it was as an audience member that he decided to make theater his career aspiration.Katz still had gray...
View ArticleBill inspired by Floyd Bledsoe case would allow for wrongful conviction...
A bill introduced this week in the Kansas Legislature would allow individuals wrongfully convicted of crimes to receive compensation for their time in prison.Rep. Ramon Gonzalez, R-Perry, presented...
View ArticleBob Beatty: Kasich an old school governor from Ohio
Ankeny, Iowa — John Kasich is holding a town hall in Iowa, and he says the phrase that is supposed to be the death knell for a Republican presidential candidate in 2016: “I’ve been in politics a long,...
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